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Raiding genres, remaking contemporary South African jazz discourse: the study of choices and ideals behind my compositional portfolio.

dc.contributor.advisorGonsalves, Neil Joseph.
dc.contributor.advisorOlsen, Kathryn Rita.
dc.contributor.authorGiandhari, Riley Joseph.
dc.date.accessioned2021-02-18T11:45:27Z
dc.date.available2021-02-18T11:45:27Z
dc.date.created2019
dc.date.issued2019
dc.descriptionMasters Degree. University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban.en_US
dc.description.abstractThis thesis is presented as an autoethnography that documents the process of composing a portfolio of works that are identifiable as Jazz. Autoethnography is understood here as both a theory and a method. While my personal perspective is central, the social milieu in which I am positioned is also important as I understand composition as a process that is dependent on, and motivated by, context. In this way, composition is seen as closely tied to identity. The pieces fall into three ensemble categories: those composed with particular musicians in mind, those composed for specific instrumental combination; and those composed for a big band format. In the first category, my focus as a composer is to write music with a particular set of musicians in mind. In the second category, I compose and arrange for instrumentation. In the third category, my focus is writing for a big band, in which I create a simulation; I use recording software to programme the instruments. The intention is to interrogate and analyse how and why I made the compositional decisions, and to expose my perceptions of how the process of composition unfolded. Underlying my compositional strategies is the idea that as a fundamentally improvisational idiom, jazz can accommodate musical characteristics and techniques associated with other established genres like Rock, Goema, Gqom, Latin, and Afro-Cuban music. The motivation for my approach to composition is to bring the jazz idiom closer to the diverse musical environment which I experience in Durban.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://researchspace.ukzn.ac.za/handle/10413/19150
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.otherChord progression.en_US
dc.subject.otherMusic Composition.en_US
dc.subject.otherSouth African jazz.en_US
dc.subject.otherAmerican gospel music.en_US
dc.subject.otherChord melody.en_US
dc.subject.otherJazz drums.en_US
dc.subject.otherDrummer.en_US
dc.titleRaiding genres, remaking contemporary South African jazz discourse: the study of choices and ideals behind my compositional portfolio.en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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